A Day In The Life Of A CEO And Co-Founder At Gaiascope
A CEO's day-to-day responsibilities are highly variable depending on company size and stage, with Lauren, CEO and Co-Founder at Gaiascope, highlighting the need to "steer the ship," addressing problems ranging from directly assisting engineers to liaising with investors and clients; ultimately, the role involves a lot of communication, problem-solving, and empowering others to find solutions.
Executive/Leadership, Problem-Solving, Communication, Teamwork, Overcoming Challenges
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Lauren Kuntz
CEO and Co-Founder
Gaiascope
MIT
Harvard, PhD 2018
Biology & Related Sciences, Engineering - Mechanical
Energy & Utilities
Data and Analytics
Scholarship Recipient, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. A CEO's day-to-day tasks vary greatly depending on company size and stage.
2. The CEO's role involves problem-solving, requiring diverse skills such as working with engineers, communicating with investors, and engaging with clients.
3. Effective CEOs need strong communication and listening skills, and should empower their team to find solutions and support their growth
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a CEO look like?
A CEO's day-to-day varies a lot. It depends on what stage of the company you're working at. For example, a CEO of a giant corporation will have a very different role compared to my job at a startup, where I'm the CEO of a company of about 10 people. These different scales lead to differences in the role.
Even for me, the role has a lot of variation. Generally, I view it as the CEO's job to steer the ship. So, if anything is going wrong, you have to step into that part of the ship.
This might involve jumping in and working closely with my engineers if we have a bug in our code that needs to be figured out quickly. I need to be there to support them and enable them to do their jobs better. Other times, it involves talking to investors, communicating our progress, our goals, and our struggles to those who support us.
Sometimes, it's talking to clients. It's almost always a lot of talking, a lot of listening, and a lot of being in meetings. But, at the end of the day, what you want to do is problem-solve. The problems are really varied, but ultimately, you're trying to help come up with solutions. You also enable the people around you to be the ones who ultimately come up with those solutions.
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